Reverse proof order total nears 50,000

The four-week order period for the 2013-W reverse proof gold Buffalo one-ounce coin was to expire just hours after this issue of Numismatic News went to press at 5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Sept. 5.

Collectors have placed orders for 44,478 of the coins, according to the Mint sales odometer.

With a last-minute surge, the 50,000 level easily could be breached.

This is the first Buffalo gold piece with a reverse proof finish. Collectors have noticed. They have ordered more than three times the number they have purchased of the regular proofs, which stand at 13,921 pieces.

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